29 July 2004 - Iraq Special Weapons News |
Operations
Deployments
US Policy
United Nations
Reconstruction Issues
Foreign Reactions
News Reports
Current Operations
- OIF/OEF Casualty Update 29 Jul 2004 [PDF]
- TWO DIE IN AL ANBAR PROVINCE
- DoD Identifies Army Casualty
- DoD Identifies Marine Casuality
- FIRST INFANTRY DIVISION SOLDIER DIES OF WOUNDS RECEIVED IN ACTION
- Polish soldier killed, 8 wounded in IED attack MNF-I/MNC-I
- U.S. Soldier Killed; Dozens of Anti-Iraqi Fighters Captured AFPS 29 Jul 2004 -- A U.S. soldier from the 1st Infantry Division was killed by small-arms fire today near Hawija, Iraq, and 39 members of an "anti- Iraqi forces" cell were captured during a combined U.S.-Iraqi raid near Ar Rawashi, according to Multinational Force Iraq officials.
- IRAQ SECURITY FORCES LEAD OPERATION NEAR AS SUWAYRAH CENTCOM 29 Jul 2004 -- Two hundred eighty Iraqi National Guard soldiers and Iraqi police officers in the Wassit Province led an operation Wednesday that resulted in 35 anti-Iraqi insurgents killed, 45 insurgents detained and more than 50 mortar and artillery rounds and other munitions captured.
Deployments
US Policy
- U.S., Coalition Partners Cannot Back Down in Iraq, Powell Says Washington File 29 Jul 2004 -- Secretary of State Colin Powell told an Arab television network that the United States and its coalition partners will "remain firm" with their goal to make Iraq a safe place.
- Powell Praises Initial Performance of Iraqi Government Washington File 29 Jul 2004 -- Secretary of State Colin Powell praised the courage and dedication demonstrated by Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi and his government since they assumed sovereign control over Iraq.
- Saudi Leaders, Powell Discuss Muslim Troop Deployment in Iraq Washington File 29 Jul 2004 -- Secretary of State Colin Powell and Saudi leaders discussed how to facilitate the deployment in Iraq of Muslim troops from countries not bordering Iraq, State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, July 29.
- U.S. Operates Regional Offices in Mosul, Kirkuk, Hillah, Basrah Washington File 29 Jul 2004 -- Following is the official answer to a question taken at the July 28 regular State Department briefing; the answer was posted later in the day
- POWELL / SAUDI / IRAQ VOA 29 Jul 2004 -- Secretary of State Colin Powell has given a tentative welcome to a Saudi Arabian proposal for sending Arab and Muslim troops to join peacekeeping operations in Iraq. Mr. Powell discussed the issue in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Thursday, with Iraqi interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi.
- Senior U.S., Iraqi Officials Discuss Islamic Troops RFE/RL 29 Jul 2004 -- U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell today met with interim Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi in Saudi Arabia and discussed the possibility of deploying Arab and Muslim troops in Iraq.
United Nations
Reconstruction Issues
- Iraqi Leader Calls On Arab States To Send Troops RFE/RL 29 Jul 2004 -- Iraq's interim prime minister, Iyad Allawi, today called on Islamic and Arab countries to help stabilize his war-torn country by deploying troops.
- IRAQ/POLITICS VOA 29 Jul 2004 -- Iraqi officials say they have postponed a key national conference that was scheduled to start on Saturday. The aim was to choose a special council to oversee the new interim government.
Foreign Reactions
- Iraq: Hostage Crisis Escalates Amid Disputes Over Responses To Kidnappers RFE/RL 29 Jul 2004 -- Islamabad today denounced the killing by Iraqi militants of two Pakistani nationals abducted last week. The deaths of the Pakistanis suggests the lengths to which the hostage takers are willing to go as they seek to use kidnappings to pressure foreign governments to change their policies on Iraq. Meanwhile, Al-Jazeera has broadcast videotape that purports to show yet another foreign hostage -- a Somali truck driver who is also being threatened with execution.
- Ukraine Discusses Troop Reductions In Iraq RFE/RL 29 Jul 2004 -- Ukraine's defense minister said today that Ukrainian officials have started talks on reducing and eventually withdrawing Ukraine's troops from Iraq.
- Pak president, PM condemn killing of nationals in Iraq IRNA 29 Jul 2004 -- Pakistan`s President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain have condemned the reported murder of two kidnapped Pakistanis by their captors in Iraq.
- Pakistan seeking bodies of nationals killed in Iraq, says FM IRNA 29 Jul 2004 -- Foreign Minister of Pakistan Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri Thursday said the government is in touch with its embassy in Iraq and with the Iraqi embassy in Pakistan for the recovery of the bodies of two executed Pakistanis.
- Pak opposition warns against sending forces to Iraq IRNA 29 Jul 2004 -- Parliamentary parties in Pakistan on Thursday condemned killing of two Pakistan nationals in Iraq and warned the government not to send troops to the war-shattered country, as it will be against the aspirations of the people.
- PAKISTAN / HOSTAGES / REACTION VOA 29 Jul 2004 -- The Pakistani government has denounced the slaying of two of its nationals by Iraqi militants, calling it a humanitarian and religious crime. Officials also dispute the militants' claim that Pakistan plans to send troops to Iraq.
News Reports
- Iraqi Media Monitoring UNAMI 29 Jul 2004
